A case of ectopic pituitary adenoma occurring in the sphenoid sinus

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 601-605

  Kamoshima, Yuuta ^a   Terasaka, Shunsuke ^a   Uchida, Kazuki ^b   Ushikoshi, Satoshi ^b   Sou, Keiryu ^a   Houkin, Kiyohiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic pituitary adenoma; Non functioning; Sphenoid sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ECTOPIC PITUITARY ADENOMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID SINUS;

ADENOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 79959366846     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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